trobairitz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan trobairitz.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹoʊ̯.bʌ.ˈɹɪts/

Noun

trobairitz (plural trobairitz)

1. (historical) A female composer of Old Occitan lyric poetry; a female troubadour.
   • 1987, Beverly Evans, “Countess of Dia (mid- to late-twelth century)”, in Historical Anthology of Music by Women, number 1, page 11:

     This single melody, which is also the only one by a trobairitz to have been identified, is preserved in only one thirteenth-century manuscript, and it includes only the first cobla, or stanza .

   • 1991, J. Michele Edwards, Women in Music to ca. 1450:

     Studies have tentatively identified some common themes in the trobairitz corpus as well as variety among women's voices.

   • 1995, William Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, page 1756:

     We know about twenty trobairitz by name, and their corpus includes some thirty-two songs.

   • 2015, Gary Westfahl, A Day in a Working Life: 300 Trades and Professions through History, volume 1, page 658:

     While trobairitz often played lutes, they might also sing while playing a harp, an instrument that women were often encouraged to master.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan trobairitz.

Noun

trobairitz f (plural trobairitz)

1. female equivalent of troubadour (“troubadour”).

Related terms

• trouveresse

Occitan

Noun

trobairitz f (plural trobairises)

1. female equivalent of trobador (“troubadour”).